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Based on Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, this is the savage and bloody tale of King Herod’s step-daughter. When Herod’s prisoner Jokanaan (John the Baptist) rebuffs her advances, Salome vows she will kiss him – no matter the consequences.

Opera North returns to the concert hall, following acclaimed concert stagings of the Ring Cycle and Turandot, to present a concert performance of Salome, a piece which caused outrage when it was first performed. From the seductive ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ to the explosive vocal parts, the violent sensuality of the score illustrates every moment of the story with unflinching vividness. This is opera at its most extreme, concentrated into 100 intense and exhilarating minutes.

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‘places the orchestra right at the heart of the drama… pure theatre in its own right’
The Guardian on the 2017 concert staging of Turandot

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The Times on the 2017 concert staging of Turandot

Approximately 1 hour 40 minutes with no interval
Sung in German with English titles

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